Passenger report on small aircraft pilot takeoff when 250 pounds over gross. Stalled but recovered.

Attributes
ACN	225780
Time
Date	199210
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : cgf
State Reference	OH
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 610
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft, Low Wing, 1 Eng, Retractable Gear
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	observation : passenger
Qualification	pilot : student
ASRS Report	225780
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : private
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far other anomaly
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : regained aircraft control
Consequence	other Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

The problem arose from loading an small aircraft with full fuel and 3 passenger making the aircraft 250 pounds over gross weight maximum. On takeoff, the stall warning activated and a stall was imminent. The pilot (500 hour instrument commercial) recovered by reducing aoa, flying level to gain speed and then climbed. The pilot made a bad decision to takeoff over weight. The 2 passenger (both pilots) used poor judgement by getting into an aircraft that was overloaded because the owner/pilot assured us he had flown over gross before and it was ok.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PAX RPT ON SMA PLT TKOF WHEN 250 POUNDS OVER GROSS. STALLED BUT RECOVERED.

Narrative: THE PROBLEM AROSE FROM LOADING AN SMA WITH FULL FUEL AND 3 PAX MAKING THE ACFT 250 POUNDS OVER GROSS WT MAX. ON TKOF, THE STALL WARNING ACTIVATED AND A STALL WAS IMMINENT. THE PLT (500 HR INST COMMERCIAL) RECOVERED BY REDUCING AOA, FLYING LEVEL TO GAIN SPD AND THEN CLBED. THE PLT MADE A BAD DECISION TO TKOF OVER WT. THE 2 PAX (BOTH PLTS) USED POOR JUDGEMENT BY GETTING INTO AN ACFT THAT WAS OVERLOADED BECAUSE THE OWNER/PLT ASSURED US HE HAD FLOWN OVER GROSS BEFORE AND IT WAS OK.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.